Kalikaraka, Kali-karaka, Kalikāraka: 7 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Kalikāraka (कलिकारक).—
1) an epithet of Nārada.
2) the karanja tree.
3) a kind of bird.
Derivable forms: kalikārakaḥ (कलिकारकः).
Kalikāraka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kali and kāraka (कारक). See also (synonyms): kalikāra, kalikriya.
Kalikāraka (कलिकारक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. Grey bonduc; also kalimāraka. 2. The name of Narada a divine sage, and great mischief maker: see kalikāra.
1) Kalikāraka (कलिकारक):—[=kali-kāraka] [from kali] m. Name of Nārada, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] Caesalpina Bonducella, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Kalikāraka (कलिकारक):—[kali-kāraka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Grey bonduc.
Kalikāraka (कलिकारक):—(kali + kā) m.
1) Caesalpina Bonducella Flemm. [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 28.] Nach [Śabdakalpadruma] ist kalikāraka die eigentliche Lesart im [Amarakoṣa] und kalimāraka die von [Ramānātha] erwähnte Variante. —
2) ein Beiname Nārada’s (der Streitsüchtige; vgl. kalahapriya) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 849.]
Kalikāraka (कलिकारक):——
1) *m. — a) Beiname Nārada's. — b) Caesalpina Bonducella. —
2) f. rikā eine best. Pflanze.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Kalikāraka (ಕಲಿಕಾರಕ):—
1) [noun] the tree Caesalpinia bonduc of Caesalpiniaceae family; bonduc tree.
2) [noun] a kind of bird.
3) [noun] one who incites quarrel among others.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Karaka, Kali.
Starts with (+0): Kalikarakam.
Full-text (+0): Kalikara, Kalimaraka, Kalikarakam, Kalikarika, Kalipriya, Kalikriya, Kalahapriya, Kalinga.
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